THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 59

tions: Provided that compensation shall be allowed
for estimated damage (if any), and prior to com-
mencing the construction of such roadway or tram-
way such compensation shall be paid to the holder
or holders of the claim over, under, or through
which the proposed road or tramway is to be con-
structed.

Road along Sea Beaches.
79. Beach claims shall not interfere with any
traffic along the beach, nor with the discharge of
water, tailings, or other matters thereon: Provided
that the Warden shall have power to prevent or
regulate the discharge of such water, tailings, or other
matters.

XV.-AMALGAMATION.
Claims may be Amalgamated.
80. On application being made to the Warden it
shall be lawful for him to allow any number of
ordinary claims, not exceeding four in alluvial
ground, to be amalgamated, provided that it be
proved to the satisfaction of the Warden that such
amalgamation is expedient or necessary for the
efficient working of the ground.

Number of Persons to be Employed.
81. In the event of claims being amalgamated the
same number of miners shall be employed on such
amalgamated claims as were required before such
amalgamation took place.

XVI.-PROTECTION.

Protection for Fourteen Days.
82. The Warden may without prior notice grant
protection to any claim, area, right, or privilege held
under these Regulations for a period not exceeding
fourteen days, provided sufficient cause be shown, and
such protection shall be given in writing in the form
hereinafter prescribed, and a copy thereof shall be
posted on the claim or the site of the right or privi-
lege referred to.

FORM OF PROTECTION.
[District and date.]
I hereby give notice that I have granted protection for
days to the claim [right or privilege] occupied by
and situate at
(Signed) Warden.

Protection for Extended Period.
83. If any person be desirous of obtaining pro-
tection for any claim, area, right, or privilege held
under these Regulations for a longer period than
fourteen days, he shall give notice in writing to the
Warden. Such notice shall be in the form prescribed
in the Schedule F hereto.

Period for which Protection may be granted.
84. The Warden may on application, as provided in
the preceding section, grant protection for any claim,
area, right, or privilege for any period not exceeding
six months at any one time.

Notice of Protection to be Posted.
85. When any claim is under protection for a
longer period than fourteen days, the occupier thereof
shall post and at all times maintain on some con-
spicuous part of the said claim a board not less than
nine inches square with the word "Protected," the
name of the occupier, the number and date of his
certificate, and the period for which protection is
granted, painted or written legibly thereon.

Protection of Huts.
86. The holder of a Miner's Right may without

previous notice register his hut or place of abode ;
and any hut or place of abode so registered shall
be protected during the absence of the owner for
such period not exceeding six months as may be
assigned.

Protection during Notice.
87. When any notice has been given and posted in
conformity with these Regulations, the claim, area,
right, or privilege to which such notice may refer shall
be protected during the currency thereof and until the
application has been finally dealt with by the Warden :
Provided that this section shall not apply to notices
of applications for protection.

Renewal of Protection.
88. Application for renewal of protection shall be
made in the same manner as for the original pro-
tection.

Protection while Testing Quartz Lodes.
89. In the case of any quartz claim containing
not less than four men's ground it shall be lawful
for the registered owners thereof to work, hold, and
occupy the same, for three months from the day on
which such claim was first occupied by them, with
half the number of men otherwise under these Regu-
lations required to work, hold, and occupy the same ;
but should the owners of any quartz claim desire to
test the reef or lode with a less number of men than
above provided, they must apply in writing to the
Warden in the form provided in Schedule F hereto
for protection, or to the like effect, stating the number
of men proposed to be employed, and the time for
which protection is required.

Protection during Operations.
90. All claims, rights, and privileges of whatsoever
nature lawfully held and enjoyed under these Regula-
tions shall be protected during the time that the
owners or holders thereof shall be actually engaged
in operations connected therewith.

Protection in particular Localities at certain Seasons.
91. In case the Warden shall be satisfied that from
any cause mining operations cannot conveniently be
carried on in any particular locality at any certain
season of the year, it shall be lawful for him to declare
by public notice in the New Zealand Gazette, and in
at least one newspaper circulating in the district, that
between a certain day in each year and another cer-
tain day in the same, or the next ensuing year, all
claims and mining privileges held within a certain
portion of the gold field to be described in such notice
shall be protected within the meaning of these Regu-
lations.

Protection during Holidays, &c.
92. All claims, rights, and privileges shall be deemed
to be protected while the holders thereof are attend-
ing elections of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives or other public bodies, or attending any
Court of justice, and also during the following periods
-viz., from Good Friday to Easter Tuesday inclusive,
on Her Majesty's birthday, from the 22nd December
to 5th January inclusive, and on any day proclaimed
a public holiday.

Lunacy, &c.
93. No claim, right, or privilege, or share in any
claim, right, or privilege, shall be deemed to be for-
feited or abandoned in consequence of the death,
lunacy, or bankruptcy of any person, but every such
claim, right, privilege, or share shall be protected for
the benefit of his heirs, executors, trustees, creditors, or
representatives, as the case may be: Provided that in